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Date: | Thursday 18 August 2011 |
Time: | 9.:28 |
Type: | Cessna 210N Centurion II |
Owner/operator: | Slingair Pty. Ltd. |
Registration: | VH-OCM |
MSN: | 21064466 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Near the runway at Kununurra Airport - YPKU, WA -
Australia
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Mitchell Plateau Airport - YMIP |
Destination airport: | Kununurra Airport - YPKU |
Investigating agency: | ATSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Six people have survived a light plane crash near the runway at Kununurra Airport (YPKU), in Western Australia's Kimberley region.
Police say the plane was about 800m from the runway when it crashed at 9.28am this morning.
The pilot and four passengers were unharmed in the crash, but a fifth passenger was taken to Kununurra Hospital for treatment to minor injuries including a sore leg and shoulder
Sources:
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/six-people-survive-light-plane-crash-in-wa-20110818-1izvj.html http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2011/aair/ao-2011-101.aspx
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4758592725_63fab395d2_b.jpg (photo, credit: jimiludriks)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Aug-2011 01:04 |
gerard57 |
Added |
19-Aug-2011 02:34 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |